Individual-account file.



B. M. BAOKUS. INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT FILE.

APPLICATION FILED- JUNE so, 1908.

921 ,340. Patented May 11, 1909.

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BURR Ivl. BAGKUS, '8]? LOS i NG-ELES, CALIFORNIA.

No. 921,340. Patented fday 11, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lu'iown that I, Bonn Iii. BACKUS citizen of the U1 .ted States, residing at l Angeles in the county oi Los A .s e State oi California, have invented it new and useful Individunl-Account vFile, of which the 0- parts being )rovided with hinge l-lfsecured together by a pintlc 10.

. supplementary clip pivoted on the pintle 110 and actuated by o spring 12 to hold. account-slips 2 in. place when the cover is open. Said clip 11 is accessible cation. through on orifice 13 formed in the cover 3, One object this invention is to provide and is provideiil with o thumb-piece 14 proconvenient means for iilin individual no ectirn bevond the pintle 10 so that when counts in such nuini'ier that the accountant the thumb-piece is pressed toward the body can tell at a glance, by examining the lilo the ripe edge of'the clip 11 will be lifted when stored away in :1. pig-sinkhole or other 1 to the account-slips 2. Said free end file-case, the state of the account the perprovided with l: ral extensions 15 beson to Whom the lilo isdevotcd. nceth the cover 3 so that when the cover is Other objects Chen-priests, simplicit closed the s 0 may beruised simultaneously and convenience. with the ch ii by the pressure of the thumb The invention embraces a. file comprising upon the thumb-piece 14. "When the clip two hinge members, one of which is provided ll has been released the cover 3 may be rewith a tab arranged to extend across the end turned to its closed position. of the other member to serve as o name-plate, 16 designates n figeon-holewuse 'irdu ted and to bend on account-sh across the end of for use with the his hereinbefore descri ed. the other member to exhi )it the footing of The same is provided with pigeon-holes 17 the account-slip when the file is placed in it appropriate to receive the individual files. pigeondiole. he" igeon-holes and the files may each be The occom onying drawings illustrate the numoored as indicated at 18 and 19, so that invention in tie form I at present deem most each file may be placed in its appropriate desirable. pi eorrhole without confusion.

Figure 1 is :1. perspective View of the file The cover 8 is preferably made of material closed and in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective of such resiliency that when the slips are View of the file open. 'F 3 is 21 section on engaged by the tab the some Will yield to line indicated at r, Fig. 1. Fig. i is n sccaccommodate o greater or less number of tion on line indicated at :13, Fig. l. liigg. 5 slips, and to fold over the end of either one a frngmentol view of 11, lilo-case for use in can or more slips as occasion may require. T he rvingout thisinvention, one of the files being some also eil'ords suilicient friction to hold 5 iown in its pigeon-hole the cover normally closed but adopted to be 1 is a body or support adopted to hold ilC- readily thrown up by the operation of the oountslips 2. 3 it cover in the form of s clip when the thumb is applied to the thumbclip hinged in 4 to the body 1 .nncl provided piece for opening the file. with it renitent tab 5 adopted to extend The invention is notlimited to thes eciiic across one end of the body 1 Whonthe clip 3 details, and may be variously embodied is folded onto the body; the PUI)OS6 of the In prlictioal use, the accountant will in- ,a-b being threefold; nemely,' rst, to fold dorse upon the tab 5 the name of the indithe end of the account-slip across the end oi "nil with which the account is kept, and the supper-ll thcrel osythus to bringinto then apply the op u'oprinte account to the footing; (i olsoiil account-slip;second, in account slip 2, sun footing this at the nfl'ord o. inrnie-pinte upon which can int-tom of the account-slip, will then place said slip in the tile. allowing the portion s v 1 i l placed the name 7 of ihe individual to Whom tin-woof which contains the footing to progect beyond the end of the body 1. He will the file is devoted; and third, to afford lricthen let the clip 11 close upon the some to i l The body 1 and the clip 3 may be made of l Hold it in place, and will then close trio cover eny suitable material, as cheap metal bout 3 on said slip, thus allowing the tab to into form adapted rorthe purpose stated, bend down the overhanging or extending iii ii ortion OI the slip which contains the footnig,

ing at the end of the file and in connection With the name of the individual to whom the hingedly connected to the body, and a sup- 1.

account belongs. 'i'he lilo may then be put into a pigeon-hole alone or with other files of the same character.

1. A file comprising two members hingedly connected together, one of said members he mg provlded Wltll a. tab to extend across the" end of the other member to bend an accountslip to exhibit the footing ofsaid slip when the file is viewed from the. end. 2.- A- file provided with edapt'edto fold the at the end of the iileto bring the footing ol the account-slip into view in connect-ion a neme phtte 'With the name on the name-plate.

3. A lilo comprising a. body, it cover h' iged to said body and provided with a renitent tab to extend across the end of the body when the cover is closed.

4 A file comprising a body, a, cover hinged to the body and provided with a tab to exso that the same can be seen by lookend of en account-sin) 1 tend across the end of the body, and a sun elementary clip to hold account-slips on t in ody when the cover is raised. y

5. A file comprising a body," at cover )lenientnry eli' accessible when the eovei' 1S closed end eeeptedto lift the'eover when I the clip lifted.

6. A sheet metal body bent at one edge to form another portion of the hinge and prothe body, end a, pintle to connect the hinge i vided with n res sun or slips across I in testnnon whereof I have hereunto j I u Angeles, California, this lset my hand at Les I 245th dayof Juney1908. l BURR M. BACKUS in-presence of- JAMES R. 'ioWNsENn, M'. Brennan lOWNSEND.

form a portion of a hinge, a cover bent to portions of said body zmdoover.

7. A. 'lile comprising a body, a. covervided with a tab to extend across the end of 

